Butterfield 8
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Movie Reviews of Butterfield 8
Movie Review: Just ok
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie was not that great. It was just ok. If you like Elizabeth Taylor watch Cat on a hot tin roof not this drivel.Movie Review: Liz is right - it's trash
Summary: 1 Stars
All her life, Elizabeth Taylor has referred to this movie as trash. She's not being modest. She's being honest. This movie is trash. It's a joke that some people actually give it more than one star. She knew what she was talking about.
It is a moral play. The moral is that bad girls get bad things happen to them. The moral is that promiscuous sex is bad. Gee. America in 1960. Bad girls can't get married. The only thing for a bad girl to do is drive off a cliff and die, so keep those legs together, girls.
The writing is so bad it's funny. It is like The Seagull by Chekhov, a really bad melodrama. A loves B. B loves C. Chekhov labeled The Seagull a comedy, despite its constant misery, or because of it. Perhaps he was saying that we aren't supposed to suffer along with these characters; we are supposed to laugh our heads off at them.
The writing is so bad that there were several times in the movie that I actually said the line before the actor did. It was so obvious, that the next line would be such and such, that I said it before the actor said it. When that happens in a movie, you know you are dealing with incompetent writers.
One of the funniest things about this garbage is the acting of Eddie Fisher. He disappears in the role. He is simply not on screen. His voice is so soft, and he has absolutely no stage presence. He is the opposite of an actor. His performance has the opposite of charisma. Putting him next to an actor is like putting matter against anti-matter. I'm surprised that he and Liz didn't explode and obliterate each other, because her stage presence is so strong and his is nonexistant.
They feed you the old garbage about a poor husband complaining that his wife is too rich and that his wife's family got him a job. Oh poor thing. He must escape his marriage and find some pride. What planet is this on? That old stupid cliche. Hey, idiot, why don't you find some pride working in a car lot, or driving a cab, instead of accepting a responsible position taking advantage of an opportunity that your mother in law set up for you. What idiocy. The old bull, re-wrapped again.
Nothing about the writing of this trash is original. It is just 1960 America showing off its cliches. There are no real people in this movie. It is utter garbage, and anyone who is impressed by it has no taste at all. I totally agree with Liz. Just goes to show that you can package any old trash and find some people to rave about it.
She did the movie to fulfill a contract obligation, so she could be freed up to do Cleopatra. She always hated this trash. The only thing I can say good about Butterfield 8 is that you can laugh at it.